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Small independent scholarly press dedicated to Asian Studies, Poetics, Cultural Studies, Aesthetics, & sometimes more…
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Happy #ToriiTuesday! I’m deep in the pre-vacay work blitz, so here’s a quick #torii post! I recently discovered that I missed an unusual material from my earlier series: BAMBOO! ⛩️🎋 That’s right, it’s the take-torii! Photos from Kamiya Inari Shrine in Hyogo Pref & Suehiro Shrine in Kyoto

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An interesting fan painting from the Qing Dynasty, titled "The Picture of Beauty("Pink Lady") & Skeletons". One side is a maid painting, with a group of women chatting leisurely and comfortably. The other side is a skeleton perspective of them.

I read 1591 (¿) but apart from a fab watermark... it's the classic letter-fold that I finf captivating Any thought ? @dbellingradt.bsky.social

On #papermaking a 20min detailed youtube documentary from 2007 shows the process of making very large sheets (10 feet by 23 feet) of paper in Anhui Province, China www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BCo...

Making Very Large Sheets of Paper in Chinawww.youtube.com In 2007, Elaine and Sidney Koretsky traveled to Anhui Province, China, and quite serendipitously stumbled upon a workshop making very large sheets of paper, ...

my understanding of a one sheet folded letter (a little exaggerated here) forming its own envelope: 1) fold length-wise in 3 at a slight angle 2) fold cross-wise in 3 so that middle will overlap 3) tuck in narrower fold so that it will fit snugly into opposite wider fold ✉️ @dbellingradt.bsky.social

I read 1591 (¿) but apart from a fab watermark... it's the classic letter-fold that I find captivating Any thought ? @dbellingradt.bsky.social

What you don't see here is that the embossed value went from .40 cents in 1878 To 5Fr.50c. In 1879 [Again apologies for the temp. Whitetack which you can see] This is where a paper collector's fascination with watermarks turns to historical source... ¿ @dbellingradt.bsky.social

[Forgive 2 black spots of temporary white tack] Here is a first page from a paper-historan's briefcase: A 1620s brother's accounting note that he has paid his brother for 1621 [rent¿ ]... watermark: cross in a shield France 1620 @dbellingradt.bsky.social

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This is just a reminder that, in 1631, Robert Barker in London misprinted a famous line of the Holy Bible, namely „Thou shalt commit adultery“. The forbidden copies with the famous slip sold well, and a few survived in our catalogues. The edition was called the Wicked Bible afterwards. #bookhistory

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Picking up from where I left off yesterday. Before anything else, you should know that you can access all of my scans of these books (~100 years old, def public domain) here drive.google.com/drive/folder... Mixed scan quality & enjoy my nail polish color, but they all should be readable. 5/

(augh, vol 4 in above post, not vol 3) Ok but what about the patriotism? Well, vols 1-4, according to the teaching notes at the start of each volume, focused on home and school. Vols 5-8 begin introducing concepts related to society and the nation, but only as appropriate for girls. 4/

女子修身教科書 - Google Drivedrive.google.com

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Distinct upside of hiring a copy editor for my manuscript who knows Chinese is how they have caught a good number of pinyin errors caused by my southern accent speaking self not really knowing when something is -n or -ng, or z- or zh-.

@chrisbrockett.bsky.social Posted these a few days ago, whenever in BS (my Heimat) I do like to pay my respects

Erasmus died 11 July 1536 he lies in the Basler Münster ⤵️ his epitaph original Lat. and translation in: DE, EN, IT, FR, NL, & SP

The Poetry of Tao Qian 陶潛 (Tao Yuanming 陶淵明) 365-427 by James Robert Hightower quirinpress.com/ISBN/9781922... is now also available via Amazon Hint: Search by "ISBN 9781922169280" yields the quickest result !

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"Most small presses make little profit. They’re primarily motivated by their love for books and the literary community." A great list of small presses to check out and support. electricliterature.com/23-small-pre...

23 Indie Presses to Support After the Close of Small Press Distribution - Electric Literatureelectricliterature.com These independent publishers play a vital role in shaping today's literary landscape. Here's how you can support them

It is common knowledge (in the ether beyond BlueSky) that when Wang Wei 王維 (699—761) took up the brush again he did so after a hiatus of some 850+ years, having lain his brush aside in c. 130 BCE as Marcus Pacuvius (220—c. 130 BCE) 📌Thought-spoiler: 【both were equally esteemed as painters—&—poets‼️】

By my flipped—world way–of–thinking today is the equivalent of the Northern 11 Jan that makes it my Antipodean 新年鍬始 kuwa kuwa hajime festival of the hoe thus out of #QPArchive come our Ohara Donshu 大原呑舟 (1792—1857) scroll ⤵️ pix and some of my garbled (un-edited 🤦‍♂️) notes Get hoeing ‼️

We're having market distribution glitches on some of our titles i.e. not all our titles seem to be listed on such behemoths as Amazon Best way around (and best price‼️) is via our Direct-Orders page quirinpress.com/direct-order... You'll get a better price and your support will reach us directly ❗️

Does anyone know which ancient Chinese philosopher admonished people not to pollute their own wells? I have a vague memory it was pre 3rd C. bce

For a while, back in FR, I had a poetry/criticism corner, and in memoriam of the famed (if fictive) Sinologist Herr Doktor Peter Kien and Therese I turned the books around. To no avail friends love to mock my atrocious memory and ask for a title, or author, or point to a book and say what's that?

Erasmus died 11 July 1536 he lies in the Basler Münster ⤵️ his epitaph original Lat. and translation in: DE, EN, IT, FR, NL, & SP

Thank's again for your support & 🔁 We've now sold 5 copies of our Hightower quirinpress.com/ISBN/9781922... ➕ a smattering of other titles 📚📚 so it's definitely looking like a 7 times down 8 times up 七転八起 sort of week 😊 📌Overall our aim is to sell one book a day from our stack…that'd be 🍒 on 🍰

#QPBibNote E-resource What is valuable about the MDGB dictionary is the ready references to all the various pronunciations (including Tang dysasty) and Ref's to standard dictionaries www.mdbg.net/chinese/dict... Here an eg for 心 Just pess 🔍 for all details

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I hope you are all as happy as I am with these emails from a UK-based "publication agency" that offers to "crafting an article centered on your recent paper, highlighting its key aspects", wanting money from you, and maybe create a video about your research. Eat dust. Leave me alone #academicchatter

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose: One of the first books I was able to read in EN (my 3rd lang.) ex the library in N-u-L was The Year Dot by John Lymington a SF about a computer that spits out books with only dots Everyone reads what they imagine to be betwixt the dots ChatGPT 1972 anyone⁉️

Thank you to everyone who has requested an invoice/quote, they shall be processed my Monday morning! What better way to while-away the Monday blues ⁉️ 7 times down 8 times up... the week in a nutshell...

I always assumed/thought I knew which was the fat-opulent one, now I have doubts ‼️🥴

青天 Are we here... are we that !? Is the grass greener under a blue welkin ?

QPBibnote: ib., ibid. = ibidem eod. = eodem Both abbrev. mean "in 《that》 same place" eod. has fallen in desuetude, but Alfred Forke was rather fond of it, so you will find a good florit. of them in our Lunheng 📚Which is on Special... vid. Direct Orders page quirinpress.com/direct-order...

🎉Special launch offer for The Poetry of Tao Qian 陶潛 (Tao Yuanming 陶淵明) 365-427 Revised Edition by James Robert Hightower quirinpress.com/ISBN/9781922... 30 % Discount until mid-July Go to our Direct-Orders page: quirinpress.com/direct-order... for details P.S. Check our special on the Lunheng ‼️